英语词汇“waft”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	waft
释义	waft I. \ˈwäft, ˈwaft, ˈwaa(ə)ft, ˈwaift, ˈwȧft also ˈwȯft\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English waughten to guard, convoy (whence Middle English waughter wafter, convoy), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachten to watch, guard; akin to Old English wæccan to watch — more at wake *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to act as convoy to : sail in company with (as for protection) 2. [probably alteration of waff (I) ] obsolete : to signal to (as by waving the hand) : beckon < who wafts us yonder — Shakespeare > 3. archaic : to convey by water : transport across a body of water < waft me safely cross the Channel — Shakespeare > 4. : to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves : to bear along on or as if on a buoyant medium < a light hot gust of wind wafted the clouds towards other slopes — Anna Seghers > < the aroma of coffee was wafted in — Ellen Glasgow > < milkweed is already wafting silky down across the bog grass — D.C.Peattie > < he wafted the subject aside with the smoke from his cigar — Marguerite Steen > *intransitive verb* : to become moved or pass on or as if on a buoyant medium < scent of oregano wafts from their doors — Franc Shor > < light classical tunes waft from amplifiers — C.M.Barss > < the waiter … nodded and wafted off — Peter De Vries > II. noun (-s) 1. : something (as an odor) that is wafted : something fleeting : something that lingers lightly : whiff < stale waft of an exotic perfume — C.D.Lewis > < a waft of carbolic acid was borne on a warm gust of wind — Cyril Connolly > < fragmentary wafts of village gossip floated in at the windows — Richard Church > 2. : a wafting movement : puff, gust < every waft of the air — H.W.Longfellow > < expresses every whim and waft of his time — John o' London's Weekly > 3. : the act of wafting; especially : a signal made by waving something (as a flag) in the air 4. or weft \ˈweft\ a. : a pennant or a stopped or knotted flag used to signal or sometimes to show the direction of the wind to the steersman b. : the knot in such a flag III. \ˈwaft\ Scotland variant of weft
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